Underwriter cashes in for returning James Doyle at Ayr

returned from a frustrating spell on the sidelines with a winner as the very promising bolted up at .

The Mehmas colt cost his owners Wathnan Racing £200,000 from the Goffs breeze-ups and was following the same route as Electrolyte, who Archie Watson also sent to Ayr for his debut before missing out by a nose to Rashabar in the Coventry Stakes.

Paddy Power cut Underwiter to 8-1 from 12s for the same race at Royal Ascot and Doyle said: “I was very pleased with him, obviously that was my first look at him today.

“He did everything very professionally on the way to the start and through the run he was very relaxed, did everything the right way round.

“I kicked myself a little bit as I was told he was very relaxed so I got into him early, but he skipped away and then spent a furlong looking around.

“I didn’t expect him to pick up that well. He’d done his breeze and a few other bits, but he was very professional. I was able to teach him a little and that will hopefully stand him in good stead.

“We’ve plenty more to come out and we’ll try to slot them all in. We were successful with Electrolyte up here and he was just touched off in the Coventry, so Archie has a good handle on these speed horses.”

Doyle was out for just over a month with a broken collar bone and paid tribute to the staff at Peter O’Sullevan House in Newmarket.

He told Racing TV: “There’s never a nice time for anything like that to happen, but it was frustrating watching the Guineas and the French Guineas and things like that, but it’s only four weeks since my operation so it’s a testament to the guys at Sir Peter O’Sullevan House, I really appreciate it.”